As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2014

1933 Act Registration File No. 333-62298

1940 Act File No. 811-10401

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Pre-Effective Amendment No.

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Post-Effective Amendment No.

432

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and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

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Amendment No.

434

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TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code) (414) 287-3338

Rachel A. Spearo, Esq.

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

615 East Michigan Street, 2nd Floor

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Carol A. Gehl, Esq.

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

780 North Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(414) 273-3500

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

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Immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485(b).

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on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(b).

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on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1).

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60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(1).

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75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(2).

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on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2).

If appropriate, check the following box:

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This PEA No. 432 hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Fund’s PEA No. 431 on Form N-1A filed March 24, 2014. This PEA No. 432 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 431.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 432 to its Registration Statement meets all of the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 432 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on the 11th day of April, 2014.

TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS

By: /s/ John P. Buckel

John P. Buckel

President and Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 432 to its Registration Statement has been signed below on April 11, 2014, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

*Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 428 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A with the SEC on February 14, 2014, and is incorporated by reference.